G. Willow Wilson Quotes
I keep setting the bar higher for myself in terms of what I'm trying to accomplish.
Quotes to Explore
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To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity.
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It is time for Hillary Clinton to permanently retire.
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I'm used to being in the minority. I'm a left-handed gay Jew. I've never felt, automatically, a member of any majority.
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It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.
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There are no soft or slothful ways to become sanctified to the point that we are prepared to live in the presence of the Savior. And there can be blessings in the burdens we bear. As a result of these struggles, our souls are stretched and our spirits are strengthened. Our character becomes more Christlike as we are tried and tested.
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My biggest project right now is trying to be a really great mom and learning how to balance family and career. I'm just trying to spend as much time with my family as I can.
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The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.
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What do we tell our children? Haste makes waste. Look before you leap. Stop and think. Don't judge a book by its cover. We believe that we are always better off gathering as much information as possible and spending as much time as possible in deliberation.
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I would say the larger the pool you have to select from, the more likely you are to find the most compatible person for you if you have the right algorithms working on your behalf.
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On some level, I think we want our reading self to represent our best self.
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The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.
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Before breaking into music, I had various jobs: forklift driver, driving a courier. But I was forced into working rather than doing it off my own bat because that was my dad's way: you got a job and paid your way.
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Every day is like Halloween or Christmas eve for me. I go to bed, and I'm so excited to get back to work. I'm very lucky that I have a career like that 'cause not many people do.
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When I was a very young lawyer, I had a senior partner who advised me never to get mad, except on purpose.
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All the definitions people want to put on you in terms of what kind of writer you are come with hidden meanings. If you're writing science fiction, you're writing rocket ships. If you write dystopian fiction, it's inequity where The Man must be fought.
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Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.
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I don't think any actors love taking their clothes off on film, unless you're an exhibitionist, which I'm certainly not.
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You have to discover when you're inadequate to be funny and you don't know you're inadequate when you're a kid.
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It's just a theory really, but I have always thought that your physical surroundings can shape your voice and personality.
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I actually feel like, for a lot of my career, I wasn't able to show my comedic range. I did a lot of dramas and dramedies. I was on 'E.R.' That's not generally thought of as a funny show.
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Eclecticism is the word. Like a jazz musician who creates his own style out of the styles around him, I play by ear.
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I'm trying to get to a deep future, but in order to get to a deep future, I had to think about the deep past.
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It's always been most important for me to figure out "my space" rather than trying to check out what everyone else is up to, minute by minute. Technology is making it easier to connect to other people, but maybe harder to keep connected to yourself-- and that's essential for any artist, I think.
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I keep setting the bar higher for myself in terms of what I'm trying to accomplish.
